Raymore-Peculiar Ninth Gr Cntr

Size

Raymore-Peculiar Ninth Gr Cntr is the smallest of Raymore-Peculiar R-II School District's 2 high schools; its 512 students are 8.1% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 7.8 miles away and have a median of 1,399 students, so Raymore-Peculiar Ninth Gr Cntr is smaller than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Raymore-Peculiar Ninth Gr Cntr serves a single grade, grade 9, with 512 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 70.7% of enrollment, about the same share as across Raymore-Peculiar R-II (70.8%). Black students are next, at 14.8%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

21.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 23.6% across Raymore-Peculiar R-II and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 7.4% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Raymore-Peculiar Ninth Gr Cntr has 31.46 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.3 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 512 students would have about 42 teachers, so Raymore-Peculiar Ninth Gr Cntr has 10.5 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).

Location

NCES classifies its location as rural, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other high school is Lee's Summit West High School, 5 miles away in Lee's Summit R-VII School District. There is 1 high school within 5 miles and 8 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.